Lot 51
- 51
Irving Penn
Estimate
50,000 - 70,000 USD
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Description
- Irving Penn
- 'THE HAND OF MILES DAVIS (C), NEW YORK'
- Selenium-toned gelatin silver print
selenium-toned, mounted, signed, titled, dated, and annotated in ink and stamped on the reverse, framed, 1986, printed in 1992, one of no more than 15 prints in gelatin silver
Provenance
Pace/MacGill Gallery, New York, 1994
Exhibited
West Palm Beach, Norton Museum of Art, A Show of Hands: Photographs and Sculpture from the Buhl Collection, January - March 2008
Seoul, South Korea, Daelim Contemporary Art Museum, Speaking with Hands: Photographs from The Buhl Collection (Asian tour), March - May 2009, and 2 other Asian venues through 2011 (see Appendix 1)
Seoul, South Korea, Daelim Contemporary Art Museum, Speaking with Hands: Photographs from The Buhl Collection (Asian tour), March - May 2009, and 2 other Asian venues through 2011 (see Appendix 1)
Literature
Variants of this image:
Irving Penn, Passage(New York, 1991), p. 259
Irving Penn, Passage(New York, 1991), p. 259
Colin Westerbeck, ed., Irving Penn: A Career in Photography (The Art Institute of Chicago, 1997), p. 78
Irving Penn, A Notebook at Random (New York, 2004), p. 70
Condition
This print is in generally excellent condition.
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In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.